Lego Coffee Table

[Aaron Boggs]

I'm a long time lurker here and have recently got back into woodworking, but I would consider myself a novice. A friend asked if I could build this and I said yes and did lots of designing and reading before I sarted building. The top and legs are quarter sawn red oak. I wish I had made the whole thing in QSRO, but I had some red oak left over and I was trying to save them some money on materials.

The top has a lifting bolt on either side of the table that lifts the top enough to pull it up and flip it over to change to the Lego base plates. I followed the water-dye-shellac-gel stain-shellac-wax method to get the look for the top.

Overall I am happy with the way it came out, if I were to build another one, there are things I would change, but that happens with any project. The friend was pleased with the way it came out also. I've gotten the bug to do some bigger projects now that I got this out of the way.

[Van Huskey]

Very nice and cool idea, I had pictures of a giant lego block made from wood with a glass top suspended on the locking "nubs" in my head as I opened the post.

[Lex Boegen]

Clever hidden storage idea! I'm going to file that one away in memory for future use. Does your friend use the lego top as a base for lego building, or is is just for show?

[Eric DeSilva]

That is great! What a wonderful thought--combining lego and woodworking.

[Aaron Boggs]

Clever hidden storage idea! I'm going to file that one away in memory for future use. Does your friend use the lego top as a base for lego building, or is is just for show?

Thanks. He likes building/playing with Lego bricks, so he has plenty of room to work on the base plates. It was meant to be a functional table that you would not be able to tell it had Lego components without opening it up.

[Russell Dunham]

That is amazing! As a fellow woodworker and closet lego dweeb this is one of the most fantastic things I've seen! Well done!

[Mike Cozad]

Is there room between the top and the storage bins to leave the legos setup and the top flipped wood side up? Great work!

[glenn bradley]

How fun. Great job and sure to be appreciated.

[Aaron Boggs]

That is amazing! As a fellow woodworker and closet lego dweeb this is one of the most fantastic things I've seen! Well done!

Thanks

Is there room between the top and the storage bins to leave the legos setup and the top flipped wood side up? Great work!

Not really. If you took out one of the bins and were careful about where it was built, you could.

How fun. Great job and sure to be appreciated.

Thanks.

[Dave Shute]

Great idea and great craftsmanship.

[bob blakeborough]

Awesome idea! Well done...

[Matt Day]

Very cool design. Is the removable top solid? If so are there any concerns with wood movement?

[Marty Gulseth]

Sorry, I'm not buying that "novice" part! Nicely done!

[Aaron Boggs]

Very cool design. Is the removable top solid? If so are there any concerns with wood movement?

It is solid, but I gave it enought room to move. I was constructing this when that heat wave hit Indiana last summer, I built everything to fit and by time it was brought inside and cooled off, the tops had about 1/16" of play to lift out of their spots.

Sorry, I'm not buying that "novice" part! Nicely done!

Thanks, but I'm still learning to do stuff to right way. Half the problem is having the right tools.